All the AI. None of the $400/mo price tag.
Ashby built a beautiful product for high-volume recruiting teams. But at $300–$500/month before you've made a single hire, the math doesn't work for most growing companies. Rothr delivers the same AI-first workflow at a price that actually scales with you.
Ashby is built for recruiters. Rothr is built for teams that hire.
Ashby's analytics and sourcing tools shine when you're making hundreds of hires a year with a dedicated talent acquisition team. If you're a founder, an ops lead, or a hiring manager doing recruiting as a side responsibility, you're paying for features you'll rarely use.
You shouldn't need to raise a seed round before you can afford your hiring software. Rothr's pricing scales with your team — not against it.
AI screening, async interviews, live note-taking — all in one place, all from day one.
What Rothr does that Ashby doesn't.
Async AI video interviews
Ashby doesn't offer async video interviews. Rothr lets candidates complete AI-led video interviews on their own schedule — you review recordings whenever it suits you. No coordination, no wasted calendar slots.
Native AI note-taker
Rothr's AI note-taker joins your live Zoom or Meet call and generates structured summaries automatically. With Ashby, you'd need a separate Metaview or Otter subscription — more cost, more tabs, more friction.
Pricing that makes sense early on
Ashby starts at $300–$500/month — before you've made a single hire. Rothr starts free. You only pay when you're hiring at volume, and even then it's a fraction of what Ashby costs for equivalent teams.
Built for lean, non-HR teams
Ashby assumes a dedicated talent team will operate it. Rothr is designed for founders, hiring managers, and small ops teams — people doing recruiting as one of ten priorities, not as a full-time job.
Teams that made the switch.
Real feedback from teams who moved to Rothr from expensive, complex hiring tools.
“We had 500 applications for one role. I was dreading it. I set up Rothr on a Tuesday evening and by Wednesday morning I had a shortlist of 12. The top three ended up being our final interview candidates.”
“What I love is the consistency. Before Rothr, every interviewer on our team was evaluating candidates differently. Now everyone's working from the same scores. Our debrief meetings went from 90 minutes of debate to 20 minutes of decision.”
“I pasted our job description and Rothr built the entire competency framework in under 30 seconds. Skills, scoring rubric, interview questions — all of it. That alone saved me half a day of work I was dreading.”
Common questions about switching from Ashby
A plan for every team
No custom quotes. No implementation fees. No surprises.
Basic
Perfect for small teams starting with AI recruitment.
- 5 interviews monthly
- Unlimited roles
- AI recruiter
- AI interviews
- AI note-taker
- Custom scoring engine
- Calendar & video integration
- ATS Integration
Growth
PopularFor fast-growing teams needing high-volume screening.
- 200 interviews monthly
- Unlimited roles
- AI recruiter
- AI interviews
- AI note-taker
- Custom scoring engine
- Calendar & video integration
- ATS Integration